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Adult English Language Learning Publications and Materials

To order hardcopies of any of our publications, please send an e-mail to information@advancingequality.org.
 
AAJC Publications
 
This handbook is the “how to” guide for making and winning the case that adult ELL deserves more financial support and should be more widely available. It also provides recommendations for additional research and systemic improvements.
 
Message Guide on English Language Learning
This tool is available to help supporters communicate both proactively and reactively about the need for increasing resources for vital adult English language learning (ELL) programs at the national, state and local levels. This guide will help you speak about adult ELL programs with confidence, clarity and consistency.
 
English Language Learning Survey
To be effective, advocates need a clear picture of what they are pushing, and of how to channel their support. This survey should clarify that picture by giving us a better understanding of what kinds of organizations provide ELL and the donor support levels, student populations, programmatic educational goals, major challenges and assistance priorities of those organizations.

Expanding Pathways to Learning for Limited English Proficient Adults
The report grew out of an event that brought together approximately 50 participants from diverse fields related to English language learning (ELL) for adults. Participants came from multi-issue immigrant advocacy and support groups at the national and local levels, businesses and business associations, research institutions, organizations that focus on strengthening the field of adult literacy, foundations, faith-based institutions, communications firms, unions, labor/management training partnerships, educational institutions, professional associations, government agencies, and groups that focus on workforce development. This report is not intended to provide a comprehensive overview of the field or the complementary strengths brought to it by participating organizations. Instead, it is intended to provide a synopsis of the discussion so that others who were not present might benefit.

Learn English and Find a Class That's Right For You
Learning English can help you read an English newspaper, pass the citizenship test, help your children with homework, communicate with English-speaking doctors, teachers and co-workers. This guide can help you find an English class.
This briefing book intends to educate staff on (1) the demographics of the LEP community; (2) the law supporting the rights of this minority community; (3) the sectors where language access most impacts language minorities; (4) recent English Only legislation in Congress; and (5) a proactive approach to ensuring the civil rights of the LEP community, while enhancing their language acquisition.

Adult Literacy Education in Immigrant Communities: Identifying Policy and Program Priorities for Helping Newcomers Learn English
This groundbreaking report offers an in-depth exploration of the pressing language barriers facing the estimated 2.23 million adults in this country who are Limited English Proficient (LEP) – and how best to solve them. English language skills are a must when it comes to increasing immigrants’ ability to participate in the economic and civic life of their communities. But long waiting lists, overcrowded classrooms, programs of uneven quality and a lack of a national strategy to address these issues currently characterize immigrants’ access to high-quality adult literacy programs, even though English programs are available in most localities. This report provides an overview of issues discussed at the Adult Literacy Education in Immigrant Communities summit held in Washington, D.C. Led by AAJC and held in partnership with the National Immigration Forum and the National Council of La Raza, along with more than 50 stakeholders, the meeting and this study have brought to the fore new, innovative ways to best help this underserved population.

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